Brazilian Carnival floats this year included David Bowie, Yoda and this famous police officer

Newton Ishii is a Japanese Brazilian officer who has become famous on the Internet for stoically perp walking Brazil's rich and powerful into police cars as they fall under investigation in the Lava Jato anti-corruption probe. Since early 2014, Brazilians have watched a seemingly endless parade of current and former lawmakers, black-market money dealers, and executives at both public and private companies be marched away.

About this year’s carnival, Rio historian Luiz Antonio Simas wrote, "The party in times of crisis is more necessary than ever. We don’t joke and celebrate because life is easy, we do this because life is hard. Without rest in happiness, nobody keeps it going.”


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